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Jane Smiley in Conversation
Author Jane Smiley has been hailed as one of the Great American Novelists of the 20th century. Her remarkable career spans more than 30 books, includ…
2 years, 7 months ago
Brittany Spanos: Swiftmania (Taylor's Version)
Taylor Swift’s concerts have shifted the economic climate of entire cities; she has prompted US Senate hearings about major ticketing reforms and ind…
2 years, 8 months ago
Day of the Imprisoned Writer: Behrouz Boochani and Kylie Moore-Gilbert
Kurdish-Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani was imprisoned on Manus Island for over six years, and during that time he became acutely aware that oppr…
2 years, 8 months ago
Trent Dalton: Lola in the Mirror
Before he found runaway success with his debut novel, Boy Swallows Universe, and follow-up All Our Shimmering Skies, Trent Dalton spent decades as a …
2 years, 8 months ago
Comedy Crystal Ball: What's in Store for 2024
For the Wheeler Centre’s 2023 end-of-year showcase, a host of the brightest names in Australian stand-up comedy – including Janty Blair, Scout Boxall…
2 years, 9 months ago
Everybody's Trying to Find Their Way Home
When acclaimed songwriter and performer Jen Cloher (Ngāti Kahu, Ngāpuhi) started to learn about their Māori heritage their whole outlook on life chan…
2 years, 10 months ago
Nazanin Boniadi: The 2023 Sydney Peace Prize Lecture
Acclaimed actor, activist and 2023 Sydney Peace Prize-winner Nazanin Boniadi shares her dream of a 'a free, prosperous and secular democratic Iran'.
…2 years, 10 months ago
Leigh Sales at Montalto
Leigh Sales is one of Australia’s most beloved journalists. A veteran anchor of the ABC’s flagship current affairs program 7.30, the new presenter of…
2 years, 10 months ago
Rebecca Makkai Has Some Questions
The author of The Great Believers and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Rebecca Makkai is back with an explosive new work. Described by the New York…
2 years, 10 months ago
Ed Yong: An Immense World
In this episode, acclaimed science journalist Ed Yong takes us beyond the limits of human perception to uncover the world through the eyes of animals…
2 years, 11 months ago